French boat rescues injured Indian sailor from yacht

24/9/2018 18:16

        Indian officials say A French ship rescued an Indian sailor who was injured in the remote southern Indian Ocean during a round-the-world solo yacht race,
        
        India's defense minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, tweeted that it was "a sense of relief to know that naval officer" Abhilash Tomy was "rescued by the French fishing vessel. He's conscious and doing okay." She says the ship would shift Tomy to a nearby island by evening and that later Indian navy's frigate "will take him to Mauritius for medical attention."
        
        Indian navy spokesman Capt. D.K. Sharma said the 39-year-old Tomy was sailing his boat for a solo sailboat race around the world called the Golden Globe Race.
        
        Sharma says "He has been pulled out on a stretcher by a French fishing vessel. He is conscious and is in safe hands,"